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Sign up for Ready Philadelphia Alerts
To receive text alerts to your phone on emergencies or severe weather, simply text ReadyPhila to 888-777.
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Free Tools to Manage Stormwater
Are you interested in replacing an empty front yard with a garden? Need to fix a cracked rear patio? Trying to save water to use…
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Prepare a Go Bag for Evacuation
View our infographic on what to pack in a Go-Bag in case of an emergency (Can be a weather emergency or other emergencies)
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Home Emergency Kit Checklist
In case of an emergency, use this checklist to help prepare your Go-Bag.
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What to Do in Severe Weather: Philadelphia
Philadelphia’s Office of Emergency Management created a Philadelphia specific guide on what to do in the case of a flood, thunderstorm and tornado in our…
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What to Do in a Flood
Visit the City of Philadelphia’s webpage on what to do in case a flood hits your area.
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Staying Safe During Extreme Heat Events in Philadelphia
Visit Philadelphia’s Extreme Heat Guide to view the signs and symptoms of heat related illnesses and ways to stay safe.
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Find Spraygrounds and Rec Centers in Philadelphia
Search among the many facilities offered by Parks and Rec in Philadelphia to make sure you and your family stay cool during extreme heat events!
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Brochure on Beating the Heat in Philadelphia
This brochure includes information on signs of heat related illness and ways to stay cool in Philadelphia.
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Utility Assistance Resource Guide
Make sure your heating and cooling systems are in good condition before extreme weather events occur. Use this guide to find programs that may be…
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Summer in the City Activity Book
Print this activity book for a fun way to keep your kids busy while educating them on staying safe in extreme heat!
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Plant a Free Tree in Your Neighborhood
Request a free tree by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society! They will remove sidewalk if needed.
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Climate Change and Human Health Lesson Plans
Explore NIEHS curricula on climate change and human health for 9-12th graders and undergraduates
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EPA’s Climate Change and Children’s Health 2023 Report
Children are uniquely vulnerable to climate change and its impacts on health. Read this report to find out more on the topic.
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EPA’s Guide to Air Purifiers at Home
The most effective ways to improve your indoor air are to reduce or remove the sources of pollutants and to ventilate with clean outdoor air….
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Philadelphia Neighborhood Heat Vulnerability Index
Explore this index to view at risk areas in Philadelphia and available community resources.
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Build an At-Home Air Filter
Click the link to explore how to create an inexpensive and effective DIY air filter for your home or classroom!
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Beat the Heat Hunting Park
Learn about all the work done by the Beat the Heat team in Hunting Park and find resources to start your own campaign to reduce…
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Free Peco Energy Check Up
Receive free energy saving items and a house energy check up for income eligible households.
Small Communities, Big Challenges: Rural environmental public health needs prize competition
This Competition seeks to identify innovative and inclusive approaches rural, local governments have developed for working with citizens, community groups, and other interested parties in rural communities to identify and address environmental public health concerns facing their people.
Request for Information: Environmental Justice Research Gaps, Opportunities and Capacity Building
The NIH Environmental Justice Working Group invites feedback on the approaches NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices can take to support research and capacity building efforts to advance environmental justice in the U.S. and globally
Impacts of Heat on Health in Early Life: Webinar for Climate Week at Penn
This panel brings together health experts to discuss the alarming consequences of rising temperatures on human health, with a specific focus on the vulnerability of fetuses and newborns.
PRCCEH receives NIEHS grant to add climate change as a focus
PRCCEH received a new 1-year NIEHS Administrative Supplement to add a fifth focus area: climate change!
Inkyu Han, PhD, MPH
Inkyu Han is a multidisciplinary environmental health scientist in exposure assessment and environmental epidemiology. Environmental exposure and community health are closely linked. Dr. Han’s research…
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